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Article: MILITARY SPOUSES GET ASSISTANCE FINDING JOBS.(News)
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- The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY)
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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Byline: Kimberly Hefling Associated Press
FORT CAMPBELL -- When Jan Majors' husband was transferred to Fort Campbell, she got a job as a department manager in the same Clarksville, Tenn., bank where they got their mortgage loan.
But her department was eliminated when the bank was acquired, and because Majors is an Army spouse prone to moving, she lost her job.
"They actually told me, 'we want somebody more stable who is going to be here for awhile,'" said Majors, 33, a mother of two.
Majors now participates in a program at Fort Campbell that provides one year of career counseling and job training to military spouses. The hope is that ...